Canada’s most-watched program of the summer and the #2 program of the entire broadcast year, the blockbuster, record-breaking, fan-favourite THE AMAZING RACE CANADA raced ahead of the pack with an average audience of 3.3 million viewers each week. The smash-hit, original series vaulted into the record books earlier this summer as the biggest debut on record for a series in Canada (3.5 million viewers), and has kept pace ever since.

Will they go outside of Canada? My guess is they will, but to countries and locations that have some sort of cultural attachment to Canada and that Air Canada flies to directly and frequently.

You know what would be awesome? Treating the show like Survivor or The Mole and doing each season in a different country/region. Like if this season was "the Canada season", next season could be "the Mediterranean season" or "the Central American season". It'd be an easy way to make the show feel fresh each season (if they keep it Canada-only it'll get repetitive by season three, as China Rush has shown), but it'll still be small-scale enough to keep costs down as needed. And Air Canada's a member of the Star Alliance group of airlines, so in addition to its own routes they're affiliated with (among others) Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, Thai Airways, and United, which opens up the possibilities enormously.

You know what would be awesome? Treating the show like Survivor or The Mole and doing each season in a different country/region. Like if this season was "the Canada season", next season could be "the Mediterranean season" or "the Central American season". It'd be an easy way to make the show feel fresh each season (if they keep it Canada-only it'll get repetitive by season three, as China Rush has shown), but it'll still be small-scale enough to keep costs down as needed. And Air Canada's a member of the Star Alliance group of airlines, so in addition to its own routes they're affiliated with (among others) Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, Thai Airways, and United, which opens up the possibilities enormously.

But there are countless other parts of Canada they could still do - there are 3 provinces they didn't visit at all. My guess is they stay in Canada for season 2. Beyond that, they will likely have to travel abroad to keep it new and exciting.

My guess is they'll go international. If this is going to be filmed in February, pretty much anywhere in Canada they'd go to would have snow, which might get tiresome after a while. But if they go to places like the Caribbean, Mediterranean Europe, or anywhere in the southern hemisphere, that'd be nice and refreshing for any Canadians watching the show who are getting tired of snow

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"Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit." -Frank Borman

The eligibility requirements also say "Your Team must be available and willing to participate in the Race for a period of approximately thirty (30) days, on such dates to be determined by Producer in its sole discretion, with approximately twelve other Teams." Thirteen teams? Does that make any sense - even the original series has only 11. Does anyone remember last year's requirements?

"Q: Will the race travel outside of Canada?A: Stay tuned. We’ll share more information about the route closer to the broadcast. Keep checking this show page and the CTV Facebook page or follow @AmazingRaceCDA on Twitter to find out for the latest announcements."

Last season it said within Canada.

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Whenever I thought of a Canadian version of Amazing Race going outside Canada, there are two spots that always came to mind:

Cuba - because the US version can't go there. Yes, the Australian version has gone, but I would argue most people in Canada haven't seen the Australian Amazing Race.

France - Specifically, Vimy Ridge. I would like anyone, anywhere, to try and argue for a more emotional and significant Canadian landmark outside of Canada. Would make for a great "Moment of Reflection" part of the Race.